Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-20
REORElfIOES OF BACHELORS
The Old Tavern and the Modsrs ss'Ooa-
Ths kake's Proxrems-Ths Variety
Shows - Sag. Reflections
and LnenhFMtloss.

Rsne = change, and With eersain linisa-
lions and drsvb@aks. ! an prepared 10
ooaceds that is antitkssis y eftez .
good thing. and IL rot 3 pAnaeea fer all
the evils Of life. is a. any rate = remedy
for many Of thsm. This apostAsy 10 my
old epiniSns has not been sfsctsd By
any revolutionary process. bat IL the
sutcone Of mach quiaa thouRht, forced
on me By what have observed 10 my
ewn oondnct and the sondact Of other
people. u has particularly been brought
home 10 me BY mans
NEED or RHcEKATToE AND KzJoYMKxT,
And of the utter inadeqnaey Of ths
resources ct hand 10 administer 10 10
AL work and no play makes jack q dull
boy and, seeing that relaxation IL nsces
saTy 10 bachelors temperament, how
IL Il thai the means 10 purvsy that re
laxation are 10 most cases 20 unhappy
AID aboFtive7
Generally speaking, the amnsements
Of q Western city fall uuder three
he8da-the tbeateFs, tbs saloons and
the Atheu9nms. Il Is the scops Of this
pspeF 10 consider them - they exist IN
Seattle here aud, 10 particular, how they
may be supposed 10 influence the char
aoteF OF our young men and youths
DIR. johnson described q tavern as the
finest thing ever invented By man, but
between sach hOstelEies a. the Old Doc
toF had In his mind and theig modern
prototype.
THE sALooHs or TO-DAY,
There IL really no comparison. The for.
meF we're not only tavsFns and houses
Of entertainments In the proper meaning
Of the phrase, bat we're clubs 10 which
reeorteA the wits aud authors Of she
time. IL was 10 ons Of these places that
the author Of ''Rssaelas' met Boswell.
and 'The Devil, THE Msrmaidsr and
"The MiiEesn are forever associated
With the names OF Shakespeare, 81 srare
Ben JonsoD" and Of Oliver Goldsmith.
Buch 8 wealth Of association is connect
ed With SONS OF The old taverns Of Lon
don that their present commonplace
uses seem almost PROCLAMATION of them.
In all these classic hannts have set
my feot a huudred times and well ean
remember spending q Sumner after
nssn In that room
High over roaring Temple Bar"
Where Alfred Tennyson penned his i'm
mortal ode 20 the head waiter % the
Geek. Toe head waiter was genera.
ton before my time, bat as 70 the bird
(supp0aed. bv tbs way, n have bssn the
work OF Grinding 9ibbons.l I've not
only seen IL bat handled IL, on the oc-
easion whaE the old bostelFy vas being
pulled dewn n make room for tie new
Law courts. Between sueh PLACES, how
ever, aa We have been considering and
the saloon Of today, BE- 1t ia London or
Seattle. there 10 difference vide apart
~ the poles. Round the modern ten
pies Of Bacohus no romance twines
Itself. They are all
COMMONPLACE TO pKoaEK,
And 30 far from their juices being con.
dueive 10 poetry, one might az well seek
10 draw inspiration from mastio var
nish. For the average unattached
young man the saloon Of today offsFs
many attractions. The reatraists or
license which the atmosphere Of
home imposes may here be thrown eff
and liberty IL permitted 10 the wav Of
speech and gesture which IL agreeable
compared With the somewhat represstye
discipline OF the family circle. Our
youth generally enters these % ,rtaIs in
nocent and unsophistieated, bat soon
the hardening Influence Of the place
begins 10 tell on him, and few short
months sees bin Injured and caIlous as
any OF his mentors. Fran . dislike 70
strong potations, he rapidly acquir,s A
taste for them, whi b il kept we'll |
Wetted by the rank cigars and savdust |
cigarettes Il Ia the fashion OF the place |
10 consume. I, NAV be our youth vas |
never much addicted % reading, but la /
the saloon be soon acquires a dec ded /
lasts for literature by weekly ADDITIONS |
IN that ''well Of English undefllsd." the
New York Police Gdsstfs. Until be made
She acquaintance OF the saloon the
scienos OF angles aud parallel nasams
had little attraction for him. bot now
on board OF green clio b, midst the
glare of Ra.light and clash OF ivory
balls, oar hero develops an interest 10
geometry which I am very sure Eaolia
never felt. Paciiis est desesHsas Arsrni.
rue ROAD To HELL n EAsY,
And a. long AZ there are foolish tiies 10
,nlrap there will never be any lack of
lpiders 10 spin webs for them. Saloons,
wen modern ones, may he good thinqa
a their uayi but is ss sad 10 think how,
y q hRarative sense. taeir 4 lors are
Rhite With the bones Of men whs in an
vii day have fallen victims tn their
siles am not bidding for prohibition
far frSm Il. think that a. long as
nan ls endowed With his RloFioas pre-
oeAtiye nf free will, 81 long rsuugaAnt
o bis uaturs vill be the imposition on
OF restraints which make q necessity
. What shanld be virtue.
II may be argued that the saloon Il
lot the only resort for unattached, uu
married Young men. and that few OF
ar towns are destitute Of some place Of
nteFtainment IN the shape 81
MUSIC HAIL on rHxGrKA,
Where the honrs % an evening nav be
u not proatahlv, spsnl.
Idmtt u. Ia Seattle we have tee such
'laces. aud that my readers who have
lot visited them may have sntAe Ia q %
heir allurements. with hers give some
.ccount OF the impressions a visit 60
hem made 90 ne OF course. In iads-
us OF The performances which 50 on
e these small theaters We mast Femem
sef that their object IL - amuse aud
'uN0ssAAHs pee " Ahatfuot ana elifF, Anu
Z they succeed IN accomplishing the
ofmer in fairly tnnocent way, reason
lhle people cannot expect any more Of
hem The question IL. do thay do
niaf To which the writer replies, ~
nembeFsng the character % variety
Ihows In other cities, that. on the
Ehele, the performances on second
ltreei are not The most ehAsse IN tie
Territory. Ia one of the PLACES | /
Visited the jokes were certainly a ittlr
broad aud one Of the danees decidedly
aud there vas The nassA
'canttnesa OF drapsry aud halduesa 81
expression characteristics % ladies Of
he chorus There was a long and
rather dreary drama. too. FeekinR 81
,cAlps and red InatAna. bot Thoroughly
harmless IN is moral impaired witb
shat preceded ID. A good may small
oays sttead the plAec, ca whose iafan-
ltle minds the easet Of ths performances
sannot be thaogat 10 b. edifytnR Not
anly thss, bot the youngsters are in .hs
Say OF bearing she rihsla tests aud coo
Fersssioa Of q th0ae hslssx aud net vrry
niceiy mannsrcd andienu +. q witness
lng tie spcctscie % men unsfer TIE
fumes 81 liqaor and ~ painted harlsts
boxing dcwn from tie baxes. vh,sh